diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkg-rust.yml b/.github/workflows/pkg-rust.yml
index 44d567a..d809820 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkg-rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkg-rust.yml
@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ jobs:
               *)
                 # assume we are only invoked with something newer than CentOS 7, e.g. not CentOS 6 ;-)
                 yum install -y cpio python3-pip
+                pip3 install --upgrade pip
                 pip3 install python-magic rpmlint
                 ;;
             esac